Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of install_debian/boot

Timestamp:

Jun 22, 2012, 9:08:57 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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install_debian/boot

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 = Booting Into an Environment to do your Installation
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+The two most common ways to boot into an environment for installing Debian are: USB and Network/PXE Boot.
 
 == USB Stick ==
 
-Come with a bootable USB stick with Debian Squeeze installed (as of 2010-05-25, all physical servers are being installed with squeeze and will be creating KVM virtual servers). 
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-To create a USB installer for Debian Squeeze...
+To create a USB installer for Debian Squeeze perform the following operations on a workstation already running Debian:
 
  * Download [http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz boot.img.gz].
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  * Done!
 
+If you are running Windows, you can create a USB stick using [http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Unetbootin].
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+Once you have created a USB installer, plug it into your computer and reboot. Depending on your computer, some combination of function keys allow you to choose to boot from the USB disk instead of booting from your regular hard disk.
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 == PXE Boot ==
 
-Or, you can install using our [wiki:pxeboot_from_naomi naomi pxe install] or [wiki:pxe_boot_from_telehouse telehouse pxe install].
+A network/PXE boot is a way to instruct your computer to boot from the network card.
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+In order to successfully do a network/PXE boot, you need another computer available on your local area network that offers an installation image over the network. This process is documented [http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/478 in a debian-administrator article] and is generally for advanced users.
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